function gopher_parsedir(dirent) {
  //  discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/gopher_parsedir/
  // original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  //   example 1: var entry = gopher_parsedir('0All about my gopher site.\t/allabout.txt\tgopher.example.com\t70\u000d\u000a');
  //   example 1: entry.title;
  //   returns 1: 'All about my gopher site.'

  /* Types
   * 0 = plain text file
   * 1 = directory menu listing
   * 2 = CSO search query
   * 3 = error message
   * 4 = BinHex encoded text file
   * 5 = binary archive file
   * 6 = UUEncoded text file
   * 7 = search engine query
   * 8 = telnet session pointer
   * 9 = binary file
   * g = Graphics file format, primarily a GIF file
   * h = HTML file
   * i = informational message
   * s = Audio file format, primarily a WAV file
   */

  var entryPattern = /^(.)(.*?)\t(.*?)\t(.*?)\t(.*?)\u000d\u000a$/;
  var entry = dirent.match(entryPattern);

  if (entry === null) {
    throw 'Could not parse the directory entry';
    // return false;
  }

  var type = entry[1];
  switch (type) {
  case 'i':
    // GOPHER_INFO
    type = 255;
    break;
  case '1':
    // GOPHER_DIRECTORY
    type = 1;
    break;
  case '0':
    // GOPHER_DOCUMENT
    type = 0;
    break;
  case '4':
    // GOPHER_BINHEX
    type = 4;
    break;
  case '5':
    // GOPHER_DOSBINARY
    type = 5;
    break;
  case '6':
    // GOPHER_UUENCODED
    type = 6;
    break;
  case '9':
    // GOPHER_BINARY
    type = 9;
    break;
  case 'h':
    // GOPHER_HTTP
    type = 254;
    break;
  default:
    return {
      type : -1,
      data : dirent
    }; // GOPHER_UNKNOWN
  }
  return {
    type  : type,
    title : entry[2],
    path  : entry[3],
    host  : entry[4],
    port  : entry[5]
  };
}